simple in virtue, steadfast in duty

this is my school motto... a motto that guided generations of chij girls...

six words, actually only 4, the other 2 are prepositions.. but a world of wisdom... and these are words so 'simple', few would pay attention or think in depth over them... but in such simplicity... gems, true gems in them....

there were no computers, much less internet or hp at my time, but we were a generation of greater depth.
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yes, i cant sleep... pondering... pondering of decision, of paths, of past, of present... of unknown future... and as i toss and turn, asking myself what do i want...

i got out of bed to write these entries because I want to remember these reflections:

the inner voice within echo through the mind and soul... simple in virtue, stedfast in duty.

whatever i do, i want to be able always to keep the motto of my alma mater: simple in virtue, yes, goodness, virtue is not for broadcast, not for show....

and in all that needs to be done... to be stedfast to see it to the end... not for man to see.
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i dont want to lose what my alma mater has imbued in me. This is true education, the salience of which very very very few truly understand.

i sincerely thank my school... my principal in particular and all the teachers who cared, truly cared... who showed by example the value of education : care and service to the underprivileged; to think in depth and have the courage to question... (Lee wei ling wrote an article abt Mr Ernest Lau, her uncle cum tutor, who left his indelible mark in her, i wanted to write to her, to say that is education, and i did have that in my school)... not that content was well taught... but it was a living environment of values and growth... the nurturing of the inward is so much more in focus, and cannot but result in the fruition of outward results...

the happiest days of my life... the years in school... whose motto is: Simple in Virtue, Stedfast in Duty. ... as long as i remain an educator... i will abide by this sublime motto.

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